Nondestructive testing or Non-destructive testing (NDT) is a wide group of analysis techniques used in science and industry to reveal surface & some sub-surface defects within engineering materials, components and structural parts without causing damage, through their reactions to heat, sound, light, electricity, magnetism, etc. to judge and evaluate type, nature, number, shape, position, size, distribution and variation of flaws tested. Nondestructive testing is mainly used in industrial sectors closely linked with national economic development, such as steel, machinery and equipment manufacturing, petrochemicals, rail transport, shipbuilding, aerospace, and power.

Despite the global economic downturn, the nondestructive testing industry still maintains a high growth rate. In 2009-2013, the global nondestructive testing (including equipment & services) market size grew at a CAGR of 8.8%, hitting USD6.57 billion in 2013 with a yr-on-yr growth rate of approximately 9%. And services have been the mainstay, basically accounting for two-thirds of the total market size.

The Chinese nondestructive testing market has arisen lately on the basis of introducing equipment and technology from abroad, but accompanied by rapid development. As of the end of 2013, more than 2,000 enterprises in China had set foot in the nondestructive testing, claiming 10% worldwide market share.

The world’s major NDT equipment or service companies have set up offices, agencies or subsidiaries in China, including Japan-based Olympus and Hamamatsu, USA-based FLIR Systems, Switzerland-based Comet and SGS, Germany-based TUV Reinland and TUV SUD. Although local Chinese companies have made progress in NDT equipment and services, the current domestic market is still dominated by foreign brands, which seize 70-80% market share especially in terms of equipment.

Nondestructive testing is a wide group of analysis techniques used to evaluate properties of components, systems and materials without altering the original properties. These testing technologies are gaining popularity due to its time and cost saving benefits over other material testing technologies. NDT testing methods include ultrasonic, remote visual inspection (RVI), liquid penetrant, magnetic-particle, eddy-current testing, low coherence interferometry and radiographics. NDT is comprehensively used in mechanical, forensic, electrical, systems, civil, and aeronautical engineering as well as art and medicine.

The NDT equipment industry represents huge growth potential in the future as it is one of the less impacted industries at times of financial crisis. The demand for NDT equipments used in inspections and quality checks observed an upward growth and is expected to grow at a significant rate due to the increasing importance for quality control among industry players across various verticals. North America is the largest regional market for NDT equipments due to stringent safety regulations implemented by the government which forces manufacturers to frequently engage in inspection activities. Asia-Pacific is expected to experience the fastest growth due to rapid growth in infrastructure, aerospace and power generation sectors particularly in emerging countries such as India, China and Indonesia.

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The global manufacturing market is largely linked with two other industries, such as industrial design and engineering. In the coming years, the manufacturing sector is likely to witness a massive growth. It covers a huge number of sub-sectors under its umbrella right from textiles to technology. The manufacturing sector in the recent years has seen vast technological developments ushering in many changes, growth, and opportunities for itself.

In simple terms manufacturing is can be explained as the process of converting raw materials into finished good for the purpose of a given function. The global manufacturing market is largely driven by product innovation and technological advancements, which are best suited for a modern life. The manufacturing sector dominates and contributes largely to every nation’s economy. It is responsible for generating employment, revenue, and improving the standard of living for the countries. The manufacturing industry also encourages growth in many other ancillary industries it is associated with.

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According to China Commercial Vehicle Industry Report, 2014-2017, sales volume of China’s commercial vehicles is estimated to register a CAGR of 6% in 2014-2017, and will reach 5.12 million in 2017. The development of commercial vehicle industry is closely related to macro economy. In 2013, the growth rate of China’s GDP fell to 7.7%, while commercial vehicle market experienced slow growth at the same time, with output and sales volume increasing by 7.6% and 6.4%, respectively.

In view of market segment, the truck market remain depressed due to slower pace in infrastructure construction and project construction. In 2013, output and sales volume of trucks in China were 2.705 million and 2.726 million separately, edging up 3.3% and 2.8% year-on-year. It is expected that the truck market will maintain a moderate growth trend over the next few years because of continuous structural adjustments of China’s macro economy.

Driven by positive factors like tourist bus and school bus, passenger car market saw rapid development in recent years. In 2013, output and sales volume of passenger car in China reached 483,000 and 477,000, rising by 13.4% and 12.0% from a year earlier respectively. It is projected that spurred by new energy bus and school bus, the bus market will keep growing fast, with an estimated average growth rate of around 10% in 2014-2017.

With respect to market pattern, there were a total of 73 companies selling Commercial Vehicles In China in 2013, among which the top ten in terms of sales volume were Beiqi Foton, Dongfeng Motor, JAC Motors, Jinbei Automobile, FAW Group, Jiangling Holding, SAIC-GM-Wuling, Sinotruk, Nanjing Auto and Chang’an Automobile, with a combined market share of 71.6%.

In bus field, large bus has a higher market concentration than medium-sized bus and light-weight bus. China’s large bus market is dominated by Jinlong Bus and Yutong Bus, with combined market share of 65.2% in this segment in 2013.

In truck field, market concentration of heavy-duty truck is the highest. Major companies include Sinotruk, Beiqi Foton, Dongfeng Motor, JAC Motors and Shaanxi Automobile, with their combined market shares up to 83.8% of the segment in 2013.

3. Import and Export
3.1 Fluctuation in Import, Increase in Export
3.2 Decline in Import of Bus and Truck
3.3 Increase in Export of Bus, Increase First and Then Decline in Export of Truck
3.4 Major Import and Export Regions and Countries
3.5 Trade Balance

A machine refers to a device or equipment that consumes energy to carry out certain tasks. Machines use electrical, thermal, chemical or mechanical energy to perform different tasks. The performance of machines is accurate with minimal or no errors and they are also time saving. The global machines market is an ever growing one owing to factors like increased dependence on mechanized means of production and manufacturing.

The machines market is primarily driven by demand from the manufacturing sectors of the economy like automotive industry, housing and construction industry, infrastructure industry and other miscellaneous industries. In fact, these days each and every type of industry; including primary industries like agriculture is heavily dependent on machines. There are different types of machines ranging from mechanical and electrical to molecular and biological.

The combination of biotechnology and engineering has given rise to biological machines. Biological machines are also known as cellular systems and are primarily used in the healthcare industry for drug testing, biological repair and implants for drug release etc. The biological machines market, being at a nascent stage is predominant in the developed countries of Europe and North America.

The food and beverage industry is experiencing rising demand worldwide due to better standards of living, a fast paced lifestyle and introduction of better and innovative food products in the market. These factors fuel the growth of the food processing machines market. Due to stiff competition in the food processing machines market, manufacturers are aiming at providing food processing equipments at competitive prices and with value-added designs.

The machine to machine market is also experiencing growth due to rising demand for 2G, 3G and 4G technologies. This market includes the production of machines that seize and transmit signals for application of wired and wireless technology in areas like healthcare, telecommunications, vehicular infotainment and tracking, digital signature and GPS.

The US and the UK are the two most dominant markets in the global machine to machine market.

The Chinese Online Education Market attracted the inrush of huge capital in 2013-2014, as Internet firms, offline education training institutions, investment companies and startups continued their expansion in online education. In 2014, China online education industry is characterized as follows:

1. Online education is still an investment hot spot.
In 2013, 51 investment events took place in China online education industry, 44 of which were venture investments. And the figure rose to 54 during Jan.-Aug, 2014, 10 of which (including acquisitions) occurred in Aug. 2014 alone, equaling total investment of over RMB 1 billion.

2. Education and teaching models are further improved.
Koolearn’s live classroom channel went online in Feb. 2014; Hujiang.com introduced mobile live classroom “CCTalk” in Aug. 2014; Super Class introduces teaching elements like film & TV, recreation and sports and game & animation, and adopts teaching model of “Flipped Classroom”.

At present, online education companies employing technologies like big data, visualization and business intelligence include Super Class, Hujiang.com, 17zuoye.com, etc. In Jul. 2014, kaikeba.com, an IT online education platform under Uniquedu, cooperated with IBM, applying IBM’s big data and analytic techniques to develop series courses on the platform.

4. Education institutions and IT companies endeavor to make layout in open education platform.
Open platforms can not only charge tenant fees from course providers, share revenue after the courses are sold, and make profit from value-added services, presenting a bright lucrative prospects. Various education institutions, IT companies and startups have introduced open online education platforms.

By virtue of their web traffic advantage, IT firms have launched open online education platforms in succession. For example, in Jul. 2013, Alibaba introduced its education channel –Taobao Tongxue; In Apr. 2014, Tencent and Netease’s Youdao released Tencent Classroom and Youdao Open Education Platform respectively; In Aug. 2014, Baidu purchased Chuanke.com for USD 30 million. To attract the settlement of education institutions (teachers), these platforms now don’t charge tenant fees, nor share the gains from transactions.

5. Mobile devices capture attention of Online education companies.

Compared with page learning, mobile products, integrating interest and gameplay, are easier to become popular among learners, be promoted and grab users.

In Jan. 2014, Baidu Knows introduced the APP named Zuoyebang (a platform for students to discuss schoolwork and exchange views on different topics), which was upgraded to 3.0 version in Sep. 2014; In May, 2014, Alibaba rolled out the APP Shisheng (a product for communication and interaction between parents and kindergartens, primary schools and junior/senior high school); In Jul. 2014, Tencent made layout in mobile product by establishing joint venture with New Oriental; Xingshuai Teach is developing a new APP, which is expected to be launched by the end of 2014.

Global earphone shipments are estimated to reach 306 million in 2014, up 12.5% year on year, equaling about USD 6.6 billion by value, up 11.9% from a year earlier. The earphone can be divided into Bluetooth communications, sports earphone, OCC (Office Call Center), gaming earphone, HiFi earphone and normal earphone.

The average price of normal earphone is usually no more than USD 2, while high-end earphone could be worth USD 300. Plantronics and GN Netcom concentrate on OCC, Beats focuses on Pop, Skullcandy dominates sports, Turtle Beach (VTB) and Razer on gaming, while Samsung, LG and Motorola pull attention to Bluetooth communications, Logitech devotes to PC, and established companies like Sennheiser and AKG dedicate to HiFi.

The popularity of high-priced Apple and Samsung’s Galaxy revolutionized earphone market. As mobile phone has become the center of the young people’s life, they are willing to spend USD 300 to buy premium earphones, which have expanded from small niche market of music lovers to mass market of the youth, attracting many brands into the market.

The emergence of Beats radically changed earphone industry. Since the establishment in 2008, Beats defeated all established earphone companies in less than 10 years to put itself on the throne globally. The success of Beats depends not on acoustic fidelity or high price/performance ratio, but exaggerated bass, overwhelming ads and fancy appearance. This stimulated many companies without acoustic background to swarm into the field.

The earphones are manufactured in the form of OEM, and 95% of production is concentrated in mainland China, where a large number of earphone OEMs are located. The gross margin of earphone industry is extremely high, above 50% for branded earphone companies, and no less than 10% for manufacturers. Despite a high gross margin, the marketing expenditure of branded earphone companies is very large, as well as channel cost, resulting in a very low operating profit, which makes brand vendors focus on the market and contract the production to earphone manufacturers.

Hydraulic parts are the crucial basic components to modern equipment manufacturing and widely used in the fields such as construction machinery, metallurgical machinery, plastic machinery, aerospace, machine tool and agricultural machinery. In 2013, the world’s hydraulic industry sales approached USD34 billion, of which China swept over 30% shares and ranked second worldwide.

Although with a certain scale, China hydraulic industry may be well bigger but not stronger, with heavy reliance on importing high-end hydraulic products like medium and large excavator hydraulic parts. In 2011, China’s import value of hydraulic parts was up to USD3.42 billion, being close to 50% of output value of hydraulic industry in the same year; wherein, about 70% of import value came from construction machinery hydraulic parts. Affected by the weak downstream demand over recent years, China’s import of hydraulic parts has fallen, with the import value just reaching about USD2.5 billion in 2013 but still with heavy reliance on high-end imports.

Spurred by this, professional Chinese hydraulic producers, construction machinery (main engine) enterprises, etc have been aggressively involved in the research and manufacturing of top-grade hydraulic parts over the recent years. In particular, the companies such as Hengli Highpressure Oil Cylinder, Shandong Zhongchuan Hydraulic, AVIC Liyuan Hydraulic, and Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Group Yuci Hydraulics have been the producers of high-end hydraulic products.

A superalloy is an alloy that, generally with iron, nickel, and cobalt as its base alloying element, can resist corrosion and oxidation at a high temperature of some 600℃ and can work for a long period of time under a certain stress. It is mainly applied in many fields such as aerospace engines, industrial gas turbines and auto turbochargers. And the superalloy used in aerospace engines occupied approximately 50% of the total engine weight.

In 2009, the demand for superalloy in China reached about 10,000 tons, and this figure went up to nearly 20,000 tons in 2014, with a CAGR of 14.9%. Over the same period, the superalloy output showed a moderate growth, from 8,000 tons in 2009 to 13,000 tons in 2014. There is a growing trend toward the widening gap in supply and demand, and many high-end superalloys have to be relied on imports.

Relying on Central Iron & Steel Research Institute, CISRI-GAONA has great R&D strength and provides a variety of products. In 2014, the company’s superalloy capacity amounted to 3,000 tons, with the market share of about 25%.

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